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From 1930s Memphis to present-day Chicago, this sweeping novel explores the Negro Baseball Leagues through a player's great-granddaughter uncovering her family's story�and her own.

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On an island full of secrets, is death the only escape?

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Can she have the man of her dreams and the life she's always wanted?

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TANGLES, A Cold War Love Story wrapped inside a Mystery

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For Sheriff Bree Taggert, a gruesome double murder exposes the secrets of the dead in a shocking novel of suspense by #1�Wall Street Journal�bestselling author Melinda Leigh.

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Artificial Intelligence Was a Godsend Until It Took Over His Life

Shobhan Bantwal

Shobhan Bantwal

Blogging at Fresh Fiction

Shobhan Bantwal | Short Heroine, Tall Hero - Will the twain meet?
July 10, 2012
As a very short woman who is contentedly married to a compatibly short man, I have often wondered what it would be like for a  Read More...

Shobhan Bantwal | Sex and the Sari
August 1, 2011
When I first decided to write mainstream women's fiction with romantic elements, I was plagued by doubts. With romance comes sex. Was I capable  Read More...

Shobhan Bantwal | Ethnic Fiction - Risk or Reward?
August 2, 2010
No writer can assume that her career is without risks. Writing stories for public consumption comes with innumerable risks. No matter what the topic, fiction  Read More...

Shobhan Bantwal | How Do You Handle Malicious Reviews
November 17, 2009
As a new author, one of the most valuable and painful lessons I learned was that not every soul in the universe is going to  Read More...

Shobhan Bantwal | India's Shy Heroines And Silent Heroes
September 1, 2009
When I took up creative writing--romantic fiction no less--I faced some tough challenges. I wanted to write about my own Indian Hindu culture  Read More...

Shobhan Bantwal calls her writing Bollywood in a Book, romantic, colorful, action-packed tales, rich with elements of her own Indian culture, stories that entertain and educate.

Her writing career is a menopausal epiphany, because she took up writing at the age of 50. By day Shobhan works for the government. Evenings and weekends she slips into her writer's cape and flies off to Authorland.

Shobhan writes for a variety of publications including The Writer magazine, India Abroad, Little India, U.S. 1, Desi Journal, India Currents, Overseas Indian, and New Woman India. Her short stories have won honors/awards in contests sponsored by Writer's Digest, New York Stories and New Woman magazines.

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Books:

The Reluctant Matchmaker, July 2012
Paperback / e-Book
The Full Moon Bride, August 2011
Trade Size
The Unexpected Son, August 2010
Trade Size
The Sari Shop Widow, September 2009
Trade Size
The Forbidden Daughter, September 2008
Paperback
The Dowry Bride, September 2007
Paperback

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